- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Joesph Emerson Brown Residence
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1906-02-07
- Subject:
- Houses--Georgia--Atlanta
Facades--Georgia--Atlanta
Fences--Georgia--Atlanta
Snow--Georgia--Atlanta
Winter--Georgia--Atlanta
Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894--Homes & haunts--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Washington Street - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the exterior of the former residence of Joseph Emerson Brown, the one-time governor of Georgia, after a snowfall on Washington Street south of downtown Atlanta.
mansion; mansions
Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894) was a prominent Georgia political leader and judge. Brown was born in South Carolina but was raised in the mountains of north Georgia. After attending Yale Law School he became a Georgia State Senator in 1849 and a judge in Superior Court in 1855. He served four terms as Georgia's Governor from 1857-1865. He served on the Georgia Supreme Court as Chief Justice from 1868-1870, and served in the United States Senate from 1880-1891. He was President of the Western and Atlantic Railroad from 1870-1890. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.144.001
ahc170144001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/557
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 5 x 8 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
